TACOMA, WA – The Tacoma Rainiers (81-68) stole their 282nd base of the season, setting a new PCL record for most stolen bases in a single season in their 8-0 victory over the Round Rock Express (71-76), Saturday at Cheney Stadium.
Samad Taylor scored in the first on a wild pitch, giving Tacoma an early 1-0 lead. They padded the lead with four runs in the third inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Nick Solak.
Casey Lawrence kept the shutout going through his five innings, working around seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts to earn his team-leading 11th win of the season. In the bottom of the sixth, the Rainiers set the PCL modern-era stolen base record, as Logan Warmoth stole the team’s 282nd base of the season…